Joseph Minish

Joseph George Minish (1 September 1916-24 November 2007) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ 11) from 3 January 1963 to 3 January 1985, succeeding Hugh Joseph Addonizio and preceding Dean Gallo.

Biography
Joseph George Minish was born in Throop, Pennsylvania in 1916, and he served in the US Army from 1945 to 1946. He spent his early career in organized labor, becoming an AFL-CIO organizer. Minish went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1963 to 1985 as a Democrat, pledging to support John F. Kennedy's administration and being backed by labor unions. He supported the banking industry during his time in office, and most of the Democratic-leaning areas of his district were eliminated by district redrawing in 1984, leading to his defeat to Republican Dean Gallo by 44% to 56%. He retired to West Orange, and he died in Livingston in 2007.